Show f AMERICANS FROM ABROAD II I I The Herald Is In receipt of a corn t DunicJlo embodying thc sentIments of many Americans oC German descent who reside In this locality I Is m Indignant I In-dignant protest against the sneer and r slurs and misrepresentations oC a contemporary 1 temporary frtm whose indiscriminate aSfault upon the people of the state t men who spck the German tongue F could not cape These people are citizens of this re publc Some of them were born In I this country other renounce their Ieglane to the kaiser and took the oath and took up the duties of citizenship hip i the United States because oC the ble ing of liberty and opportunity of which Americans boast FbI conenl I once they are sometimes designated as r GermanAmerIcans and It is the law I md the practice to consider each na I tlonlt separately In the collection of i census statistics But they are loyal and progressive Americans for all that t F Tin horn politicians and patriots for a purpose are In the habit of holding up to rdicule and scorn the adopted sons of our republic They piget the boys i who foticht mit Sigel In the 6s Fifteen per cent of the German ppuia f uon In this country enlisted In the ton t Union army in tue civil war In that i dark night of rebelon there wereno more oyal citizens than these same adopted sons who now furnish a target L fl the body guards oC imperialism to t r te their pea against i 3hese socled GermanAmericans 10 commit the unpardonable crime of 1 speng more thin one language and who may still retaIn a fondness for LL lager beer and wlenerurt are never tbeles jtmerlcans In every senSe of the t word They are Intelligent industrious c and cnterprslng In every wail of life they enter They arc loyal and their 7 loya1ty has bee tet d They are f brave and their courage Is a part oft of-t our m tons history They love our 1uo atid ou flag and uo m I lar 1 I who knows them doubts their devotO to the republic I atonalftis a accident over which no man ha contol and while we shake lour I fists at foreigners occaslona1y we I remember that our adopted brothers are I entitled t every confidence and respect This Is a young nation I Is composed I of liberty lover and justice hunters I t from all over the world |